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Friday, May 23, 2014

Merkley: "Tuition is too darn high!" But His Fix Keeps Students Paying High Tuition.

Sen. Jeff Merkley

In an email with the subject line "Tuition is too darn high!", Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley says he's working on legislation to address the problem.
But the legislation has nothing to do with tuition or any other direct higher education costs.

No, Senator Merkley's big, bold move is to cut the amount of interest students might owe after borrowing to pay those "too darn high!" tuition rates.

It’s graduation season, and as many Oregon families understand too well, it is increasingly harder to afford higher education in America. We need an alternative to the broken model of mountains of debt and increasing interest rates. That’s why Jeff recently teamed up with Elizabeth Warren to introduce legislation that will provide immediate relief to students and graduates mired in debt. The Bank on Students Emergency Loans Refinancing Act would allow student borrowers to refinance their private and public student loans at a lower, fixed rate. As the first in his family to attend college, Jeff is personally invested in this issue. Pushing this bill is the latest in a series of steps he has taken to make college attainable and affordable for all Americans.

Max, Elizabeth Warren is a hero for lying about her Indian heritage and gaining job advancement because of the lie. Monica Wehby is unstable for not having perfect male/female relationships. It's only wrong to war on women, if they're Democrats. Ask Sarah Palin.

OG, how about saying Prof. X will teach twice as many students but because of limited personnel and facilities they will only get half the normal teaching time. That seems to be the Obamacare model with having only a few doctors or one hospital serve lots of people. Or you could use the VA model and have Prof. X teach 20 students and put the others on a l-ooo-ng waiting list.